Adjustable window-shade hanger.



W. H. HUGGINS & J. E. WADDELL. ADJUSTABLE WlNDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.1a,1n13.

1, 1 14,882, Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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STATES PATENT WILLIAM I'I. HUGGINS `ANLD JOHN F. WADDELL, OF MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOWSHADE HANGER.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that \ve,V1LLIAM ILHUG- eINs and JOHN F. VVADDELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Morristown, in

the county of Hamblen and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Window-Shade Hangers, of which the following is a specication.

The invention has for one of its principal objects the provision of a simple construction in such devices whereby a minimum number of parts and assembly opeations will be required while yet attaining high efficiency in ease of operation and simplicity of installation and manipulation.

W'e are aware that devices with similar functions and superficially resembling ours have been produced, and it is the aim to effect improvements on these in certain particulars, which, while not working a marliedly noticeable change of form, have an important effect on the availability of the device for the general public.

l/Ve use the familiar grooved guide strips attachable to the sides of an ordinary window frame at its upper part, in which slides a roller carrier upon which the shade roller is carried, and it is a particular object to give a construction of the guide pieces proper which will permit the manipulation of the device with one hoisting cord, enable the rigid attachment of a cross piece therebetween, and afford a satisfactory support for the roller trunnions in a proper location with respect to the sides of the window frame, using a small amount of metal.

Other objects and advantages may appear, or may be apparent from the following description and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a window equipped with our invention7 Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail of` one of the guide pieces, Fig. e, is a top view of the hanger.

There is illustrated a window frame 10 of ordinary form and construction, on each side of which at the upper part there are mounted respective guide strips 11 having grooved edges presented toward the inner side of the window frame or opening. The grooves stop short of the lower ends of the strips but `extend through the upper ends. A small pulley 12 is mounted centrally of the top of the frame and a second one 13 is disposed at the side outwardly of the adja- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led October 18, 1913.

Patented Oct. 2*?, 1914. serial No. 795,881.

cent strip 11, a cord 14: being extended through these pulleys anddown to a cross bar 15 of the shade carrier, the outer end of the cord being ot' suiiicient length to be engaged with the cleat 21 mounted at a suitable height on the outer side of the frame 10. Ait each end of the bar 15 there is mortised a guide piece 1G, stamped integrally from sheet metal, the mortising being very simple and involving only a korf in each end of the `bar which bar may be made of any wood or other material. The guide piece includes a horizontal arm 17 on its inner side7 having longitudinally spaced apertures (see Figz), through which inortise pi ns 1S or other suitable fastenings are engaged and fixed in the bar 15. The ends of the latter are spaced from the guide strips, and the guide pieces project outwardly thereof Vtheir major body portion being located outuundly and downwardly of the bar. This body is considerably longer than the arm 17 and extends from the upper edge thereof downwardly for four inches or more in the appliance as constructed for small domestic windows. lts outer vertical edge is rectilinear and uninterrupted throughout the length of the body, which is important in preventingl binding of the guide pieces in use. An extension 19 is formed on the inner edge ot' each guide piece having an upper side spaced slightly beneath the arm 17 in which there is formed the angular notch 2() on one guide piece,

and an aperture 21 is formed in the extension 1.() of the other guide piece on a level with the bottom of the notch Q0. tension may be of ornamental form, and the arrangen'lent of the elements of this guide piece is such that by taking the blanks from the stock in the manner shown in Fig. 1, there is practi fally no Vaste, notwithstancb ing the peculiar contour of the blank required to provide an arm 17 of sufficient length to afford a rigid jointure with the bar 15, the shorter length of the extension 19,'aud the desirability of having the body of the piece extend below the part 19 in order to give the necessary length thereto to prevent binding. With the construction shown the device has been found to operate very smoothly in practice, with the single point of support.

The cleat comirises a single length of wire bent into an elongatecfl U-shape centrally, and the outerparts of the arms The exi curved oppositely outward in the plane of' the central part. The inner parts of the arms may be nicked or shouldered as at 22 on their outer sides if desired whereby the cleat Will be more securely anchored when put in place, as will be described. A small hole is bored to receive the central part of the cleat and after insertion a small plug 23 slightly less in length than the U-shaped part is driven between the arms, being of a suiiicient size to `force the arms apart and into the Wood or other material in which the cleat is fastened.

@Vhat is claimed is:

l. curtain shade hanger comprising two guide members constructed and adapted to be attached to a Window frame, a'trans- Verse bar, sheet metal guide pieces having inwardly extending arms engaged with the bar, and having outer rectilinear edges eX- tending a considerable distance in a Vertical direction from the arms and engaged slidably with the guide members, extensions formed on the inner parts of the guide pieces shaped and arranged for engagement with shade roller trunnions, and flexible hoisting means engaged' with the b'ar and operable from one side of a Window.

2. As an improved article of manuface ture, a guide piece and corner piece for a carrier of the class described formed integrally from sheet metal and comprising a vertical body portion, a horizontal broad arm projected from the inner edge thereof, and an extension spaced beneath the arm having a portion formed to support a shade roller trunnion intermediately of the height of the body when turned laterally, the eX tension being spaced from the bottom a distance corresponding to the Width of the outer end of the extension, and being shorter than the arm by the Width of the vertical portion, whereby the pieces may be produced with a minimum Waste.

` ln testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in Apresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WlLLlAM H. HUGGlNS. JGHN F.' VADDELL. Witnesses D. D. SMITH, G. L. SMITH.

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